Re: xserver-sun* breakage.
On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:28:32PM -0700, Alex Romosan wrote:
> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
>
> > I wouldn't call glibc 2.1.1 woefully out of date. On the other hand, the
> > glibc 2.1.2pre3 (notice the pre) which is still in prerelease, has a
> > possibly broken mmap(), which is why it isn't compiled for sparc yet in
> > potato.
> >
>
> maybe not woefully out of date, but something is wrong with it (2.1.1
> that is).
I haven't had any problems with 2.1.1, and since it's the latest _release_ of
glibc, it's not out of date at all.
> > I am looking into the mmap problem. Until then, I suggest not using glibc
> > 2.1.2pre2 unless you really feal like testing prerelease software.
> >
>
> i am already testing prerelease software on intel (and alpha, and
> powerpc) so what's one more platform. i can't say i didn't have some
> emotions installing it though. but as an added bonus i get the xserver
> to work again.
>
> so, is anybody looking into the linker problem?
I don't see any problems with the linker in 2.1.2. If you notice anything,
please let the libc list know more information.
Ben
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